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Toshiba to buy Engie's stake in NuGen for $139 mn![]() ![]() Tokyo (AFP) April 4, 2017 Japan's troubled conglomerate Toshiba said Tuesday it would buy the 40 percent stake held by French group Engie in their British nuclear joint venture NuGen for about 15.3 billion yen ($138.6 million). The deal - prompted by the bankruptcy of Toshiba's US subsidiary Westinghouse - was at Engie's request, said the Japanese group, which currently holds the remaining 60 percent of the venture. NuGen plans to build three reactors at the Moorside site in Cumbria in northwest England. The AP-100 ... read more |
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![]() Washington (AFP) March 30, 2017 Westinghouse's bankruptcy announcement Wednesday cast a pall over the future of nuclear energy in the United States and comes as the Trump administration seeks to revive the coal industry. ... more ![]() ![]() Chiba, Japan (AFP) March 30, 2017 Angry investors lambasted Toshiba executives at a shareholder meeting Thursday after it warned annual losses could balloon to more than $9.0 billion but they agreed to the sale of its memory chip business, the jewel in the Japanese giant's crown. ... more ![]() ![]() Tokyo (AFP) March 28, 2017 A Japanese appeals court on Tuesday ruled that a pair of nuclear reactors halted by a lower court order can be restarted, in a victory for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's energy policy. ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (AFP) March 29, 2017 Toshiba's loss-hit US nuclear unit Westinghouse Electric Company has filed for bankruptcy protection, the companies said Wednesday, as the troubled division wrestles with huge losses and accounting fraud claims. ... more |
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![]() Tokyo (AFP) March 17, 2017 A Japanese court on Friday ruled for the first time that the government bears responsibility for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and ordered it and the plant operator to pay damages, officials and news reports said. ... more ![]() ![]() Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Mar 23, 2017 Extraordinary decontamination efforts are underway in areas affected by the 2011 nuclear accidents in Japan. The creation of total radioactivity maps is essential for thorough cleanup, but the most ... more ![]() ![]() Santiago (AFP) March 18, 2017 Douglas Tompkins's widow vividly remembers the suspicions the late billionaire raised when he started buying up land in Patagonia, the natural paradise at the bottom of South America. ... more ![]() ![]() London, UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 Two leading organisations within the UK's nuclear industry, the Energy Industries Council (EIC) and the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (Nuclear AMRC), have signed a Memorandum of Und ... more ![]() ![]() Sussex, UK (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 The hidden toll that subsidies for electricity, fossil fuels, and transport have on social welfare, economic growth and technological innovation needs to be exposed through better research says a ne ... more ![]() ![]() Berlin (UPI) Mar 15, 2017 German energy company E.ON said Wednesday it's been able to free itself from past burdens and was positioned for growth in a "new energy world." ... more |
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![]() ![]() Loss-hit Toshiba nosedives on fears about future ![]() ![]() Washington (UPI) Mar 14, 2017 German energy company RWE said it's "back on track" after retooling its footing in the market and riding on the success of its renewable energy arm. ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017 Researchers looking into the effects of deep space travel on the human body may have just discovered something that could jeopardize humankind's chances of a successfully colonizing Mars. With work ... more ![]() ![]() Manchester UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 Manchester scientists have revealed how arsenic molecules might be used to 'fish out' the most toxic elements from radioactive nuclear waste - a breakthrough that could make the decommissioning indu ... more ![]() ![]() Hirono, Japan (AFP) March 10, 2017 Satsuki Sekine's home was destroyed in Japan's 2011 tsunami disaster and her family fled in the nuclear panic that followed. But crueller still were the insults and stigmatisation she faced in the community where she sought refuge. ... more |
![]() San Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Shell unveils giant new high-tech research lab in India ![]() ![]() Scientists engineer sugarcane to produce biodiesel, more sugar for ethanol ![]() ![]() Hydrogen production: This is how green algae assemble their enzymes |
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![]() Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain (SPX) Apr 06, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Report shines light on installed costs and deployment barriers for residential solar PV ![]() ![]() Report: Global renewable power capacity expanding ![]() ![]() Concept, SolarTech team up next-gen solar panels |
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![]() Washington (UPI) Apr 4, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Mega-wind farm offshore Denmark clears hurdle ![]() ![]() Japan scientist eyes energy burst from 'typhoon turbine' ![]() ![]() North Carolina offshore wind hailed as job creator |
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![]() Washington (AFP) April 3, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() US states begin legal action on Trump energy delay ![]() ![]() Program to be axed saves energy in LA buildings ![]() ![]() Energy demand metrics indicate strong U.S. economy |
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![]() Vienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 30, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Clarifying how lithium ions ferry around in rechargeable batteries ![]() ![]() Building a market for renewable thermal technologies ![]() ![]() New gel-like coating beefs up the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries |
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![]() London (AFP) April 4, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Surge in coal pollution led to smaller newborns: study ![]() ![]() 'Peeling the onion' to get rid of odors near wastewater treatment plants ![]() ![]() Argentina suspends Canada's Barrick mining over spill |
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![]() Washington (UPI) Apr 5, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Another day, another rally in crude oil prices ![]() ![]() Pipeline unit of Hess to start IPO at $23 per share ![]() ![]() Exxon, Qatar Petroleum to tap Cypriot waters |
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![]() Boulder CO (SPX) Mar 31, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Potential Mars Airplane Resumes Flight ![]() ![]() Prolific Mars Orbiter Completes 50,000 Orbits ![]() ![]() Final two ExoMars landing sites chosen |
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![]() Exeter, UK (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Drought shatters Turkana's dreams of a better future ![]() ![]() Finding order in chaos to help buffer against climate change ![]() ![]() US will keep climate commitments despite Trump: ex-mayor of NY |
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![]() Boston MA (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() 'Pink Star' diamond fetches record $71.2 mn in Hong Kong ![]() ![]() Built from the bottom up, nanoribbons pave the way to 'on-off' states for graphene ![]() ![]() Reusable carbon nanotubes could be the water filter of the future, says RIT study |
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![]() Washington (UPI) Mar 31, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() U.S. Navy's USS America completes survivability test ![]() ![]() Construction of new Chinese carrier progressing ![]() ![]() EPP building acoustic array for U.S. Navy submarines |
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![]() Washington (AFP) April 4, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Iran condemns 'all use of chemical weapons' in Syria ![]() ![]() Trump to Abe: US to boost military defense against NKorea ![]() ![]() Pyongyang May Have Been Testing New Technology in Latest Launch |
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![]() Washington (AFP) April 5, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Russia detains man over IS-claimed attack on Chechen base ![]() ![]() Egypt military says top Islamist killed in Sinai ![]() ![]() Russia defends Syria against 'chemical attack' outcry |
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![]() Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Super Pressure Balloon Flight Enables Pioneering Infrasound Study ![]() ![]() Hornet, Growler foreign customers to receive data updates ![]() ![]() Ukraine's AN-132D takes historic first flight |
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![]() Paris (AFP) March 29, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Why is South America being hit by deadly landslides? ![]() ![]() Colombia opens probe into deadly landslide ![]() ![]() More than 270 dead in Colombia mudslides |
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![]() Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Electronic synapses that can learn: towards an artificial brain? ![]() ![]() NASA Tests Robotic Ice Tools for Use on Ocean Worlds ![]() ![]() AM General, Army to test autonomous vehicle system |
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